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January 18, 2012

Flurries possible Thursday night

Before Saturday's possible wintry mix, we may see some scattered flakes on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

According to the forecast discussion about Thursday's weather on NWS' website: 

"INCREASING CLOUDS MOVE IN FROM
LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. STILL AM NOT OVERLY IMPRESSED WITH
MOISTURE NOR FORCING WITH THE FRONT AND CONTINUE POPS FOR
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION GENERALLY OVER THE HIGHLANDS/WESTERN
SLOPES WITH THE FRONT AND BEHIND IT /ENHANCED BY UPSLOPE FLOW/.
HOWEVER CANT RULE OUT A FEW FLURRIES MAKING IT EAST OF HERE EVEN
TOWARD THE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON CORRIDOR ESPECIALLY WITH THE 500
MB TROUGH LAGGING BEHIND FOR THURSDAY NIGHT."

Baltimore professional meteorologist Eric the Red weights in: 

"Some flurries may accompany a strong cold front [Thursday night], followed by some light snow, sleet, and freezing rain Friday night/Saturday morning, changing to rain on Saturday... with a chance of freezing drizzle Sunday into Sunday night.  Long-term outlook indicates we finally get into a very favorable ... pattern for wintry weather by the end of the month." 

Posted by Kim Walker at 12:21 PM | | Comments (0)
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Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Frank Roylance retired in October 2011. Maryland Weather is now being updated by members of The Baltimore Sun staff
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